Group Leader
Prof. Magda Titirici
Chair in Sustainable Energy Material
RAEng Chair in Emerging Sustainable Technologies
m.titirici@imperial.ac.uk
Magda moved to Imperial College in January 2019. She was previously a Professor in Sustainable Materials Chemistry at Queen Mary University of London for four years, where she maintains an active research presence.
Magda started her academic career by completing a PhD from the University of Dortmund in 2005 followed by a Postdoctoral Research position at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces. After one year in this role she became an independent group leader, receiving her Habilitation in 2013 from MPIKG-University of Potsdam.
Group Management
Geetanjali Bathina
Valued (Project Grant) Project Manager
g.bathina@imperial.ac.uk
Jingyu Feng
DIGIBAT Facility manager
j.feng19@imperial.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Researchers
Research Fellow (EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship)
Fex-N-C electrocatalysts for fuel cells
a.pedersen19@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Alice Meng
Postdoctoral Research Associate
High-throughput synthesis and spectroelectrochemical characterisation of oxygen evolution catalysts
z.meng18@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Camille Petit, Dr. Ifan Stephens
Dr. Emma Antonio
RAEng CiET Research Associate
Lead for commercialisation and characterisation
emma.antonio12@imperial.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Design of Experiments methodology for PET mechanochemistry
enrico.manfredi-haylock15@imperial.ac.uk
Kalpana Balaskandan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
3D printing thick, low tortuosity carbon electrodes for energy storage applications
k.balaskandan17@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Prof. Cecilia Mattevi
UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow
UPDATE: Upcycling Plastic Debris to Alkali-ion-battery Top-quality Electrodes
f.dacierno@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Niamh Hartley
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Fundamentals of hard carbon derived from biomass sources for sodium-ion batteries and its impact on the storage mechanism
Email: niamh.hartley@imperial.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sustainable carbon fibres from lignin
r.hunter@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot
Dr. Rukaya Ibrahim Muazu
Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate
Life cycle sustainability assessment
r.ibrahim-muazu23@imperial.ac.uk
Main supervisor: Prof. Nilay Shah
Co-supervisor: Prof. Jason Hallett
Faraday Institution Research Associate
Organic Battery and Organosulfur Battery
s.haldar@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Heather Au
Dr. Shanmuga Priya Karmegam
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Anode-less sodium metal battery
skarmega@ic.ac.uk
Dr. Silvia Escudero Curiel
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Developing sustainable electrocatalysts derived from biomass.
s.escudero-curiel@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Sushila Marlow
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Automated and High-Throughput Development of Advanced Materials
s.marlow@imperial.ac.uk
Co-Supervisors: Prof. Camille Petit
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Li-ion and Na-ion battery recycling
xiaochu.wei16@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Anna Hankin
Dr. Yuanzhu Zhao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Anode-less Sodium Metal Battery
yuanzhu.zhao@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Zhenyu (Johny) Guo
Postdoctoral Research Associate
z.guo19@imperial.ac.uk
Internal Collaborators
Independent Royal Society University Research Fellow
LiSTAR: Lithium sulfur technology accelerator
h.au13@imperial.ac.uk
Hosted ICRF Fellow
FeNC electrocatalysts for fuel cells and carbon dioxide reduction
j.barrio-hermida@imperial.ac.uk
PhD Students
Anastasia Teck
Understanding electrochemical interfaces in aluminium graphite dual-ion batteries
Anastasia.teck.16@ic.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Prof. Mary Ryan
Bhavini Patel
Main Supervisor: Dr. Heather Au
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Magda Titirici
bhavini.patel23@imperial.ac.uk
Craig Burdis
Nitrogenase inspired electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia
c.burdis22@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Dr Jesús Barrio Hermida
Dingchang Yang
Developing cell and membranes for the separation of PET depolymerisation products
d.yang23@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Dr Qilei Song
Elisa Solvay
Catalyst development for CO2 reduction into value added chemical
Co-supervisor: Dr Jesús Barrio Hermida
Hanzhi Ye
Electrochemical oxidation of glycerol
hanzhi.ye20@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Dr Anna Hankin, Dr. Hui Luo
I-Chuan (Ally) Hsia
Developing lignin-based cathodes for Lithium-sulfur structural batteries
Main Supervisor: Dr. Heather Au
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Magda Titirici
ally.hsia22@imperial.ac.uk
Helen Tyrrell
Single site catalysts for alcohol amination
h.tyrrell21@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Mimi Hii, Prof. Klaus Hellgardt
Jinglin Jiang
Ferroelectric materials for polysufide trapping in Li-S battery
j.jiang18@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Heather Au, Dr. Joe Briscoe
Jinjie Zhu
Single-metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
jinjie.zhu19@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jesús Barrio
Joe Yang
Further insights on Na storage mechanism in hard carbons: effect of pores and surface chemistry
joe.yang20@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mengnan Wang
Kanyapat (Kloy) Plub-in
Development of catalysts for glycerol oxidation to coproduce hydrogen and value-added chemicals
Co-supervisors: Dr. Anna Hankin, Prof. Ifan Stephens
Marie-Louis Reich
Towards engineered biomass-derived carbons with enhanced features for their application in post-lithium electrochemical energy storage devices
m.reich24@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Prof. Mary Ryan
Morven Holland
High throughput discovery of OER electrocatalysts
m.holland23@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Camille Petit, Prof. Ifan Stephens
Nihat Fatih Kayacioglu
Development of anodes from plastic waste for alkali-ion batteries
n.kayacioglu23@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Dr. Maria Crespo
Piotr Toka
Machine learning-driven synthesis of next generation carbon dots with tuneable properties
p.toka22@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Kim Jelfs, Dr. Suela Kellici
Qi Li (QMUL Visitor)
CNTs for oxygen reduction reaction
q.li22@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr Christopher Jones
Romain Tort
Tailoring the electrochemical interface of the nitrogen reduction reaction
r.tort21@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Prof. Mary Ryan
Samantha Southern
Carbon fibres based structural Li-S batteries
s.southern21@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Dr. Heather Au, Dr. Rhodri Jervis
Sarat Alabidun
Understanding SEI formation in Li, Na and K ion batteries
s.alabidun21@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisors: Prof. Ifan Stephens, Dr. Maria Crespo, Prof. Mary Ryan
Shivam Sharma
Understanding solid electrolyte interface in hard carbons using EC-MS
Co-supervisors : Prof. Mary Ryan, Prof. Ifan Stephens
Yichen Huang
Hard carbon thick electrodes for sodium-ion batteries
yichen.huang18@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Chun Ann Huang, Dr. Samuel Cooper
Yilang Shan
Si/C composites for Lithium-ion batteries and Si/Hard carbon composites for Sodium-ion batteries
y.shan21@imperial.ac.uk
Yulia Yu
Electrooxidation of glycerol
youli.yu19@imperial.ac.uk
Main supervisor: Dr. Reshma Rao
Co-supervisor: Prof. Magda Titirici
Zeynep Dogan
Developing Sn/C anodes for sodium ion batteries
zeynep.dogan23@imperial.ac.uk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Emma Antonio
Zhangdi (Jasmine) Xie
Holistic design of smart battery sensors
z.xie24@imperial.ac.uk
Main supervisor: Yunlong Zhao
Co-supervisor: Prof. Magda Titirici
Visiting Researchers
David Schaefer
SEI formation on Hard Carbon electrodes in Sodium-ion batteries
Visiting from: Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
david.schaefer@pc.jlug.de
Dr. Hongwu (Maurice) Chen
Noble-metal catalysts for glycerol electrochemical valorisation
Visiting from: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)
hongwu.chen@imperial.ac.uk
Hongwu_Chen@outlook.com
Manuella Gobbo de Castro Munhoz
Sn/C anodes for sodium ion batteries
Visiting from: University of Sao Paulo
m.gobbo-de-castro-munhoz@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Nazhipkyzy Meruyert
Biomass-derived carbon materials for outstanding electrochemical performance and stability
Visiting from: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
m.nazhipkyzy@imperial.ac.uk
Xitong Liang
Novel carbon for sodium ion batteries
Visiting from: Sinopec Dalian Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
xitong.liang@imperial.ac.uk; liangxitong.fshy@sinopec.com